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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kinumpirma ni National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Director Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde ang pagkaka- aresto ng isa pang suspek sa pagtatangkang pambobomba sa kahabaan ng Roxas Boulevard malapit sa US Embassy. Tumanggi namang pangalanan ni Albayalde ang panibagong suspek na naaresto dahil mismong si PNP chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa ang magpiprisinta nito sa media ngayong araw, Disyembre 7. Una rito, dalawa sa mga suspek na nadakip ay kinilalang […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Fraudsters posing as consular officers operated a fake American embassy in the Ghanaian capital Accra for about a decade and printed counterfeit visas, a US official said Monday. US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said no one was believed to have entered the United States with one of the fake visas, which were reproductions based on genuine travel documents the con-men had obtained. “This fake embassy made and printed counterfeit […]
(Eagle News) — The whole country has been placed under terror alert level 3, after police presented two of five suspects who were involved in the failed bomb try in Manila, particularly near the United States Embassy along Roxas boulevard. Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said that this means that there would be mobile checkpoints all over the country, but clarified that this does not mean that the public […]
(Eagle News) — Police have already arrested the suspect who planted an improvised explosive device (IED) near the United States Embassy. The suspect was identified as 34-year old Rayson Kilala also known as Rashid Kilala of Barangay Bagumbayan in Bulacan. He was arrested by combined operatives of the Manila Police District and the Bulacan provincial office around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday (November 30) in Bulacan, just a day after police released computer generated sketch of the […]
PHILIPPINE National police chief Ronald dela Rosa said Islamic militants in the southern Philippines who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group were probably behind the failed bomb attempt near the United States embassy in Manila. “This is an attempted act of terrorism,” Dela Rosa told a news briefing in Manila. “Because of an ongoing police/military operation there, (the militants) have many casualties. We can theorize that this is a diversion to […]
MANILA, Philippines | AFP | — Terrorist groups are planning kidnappings on central Philippine islands that are popular with tourists, the US embassy has warned, fuelling concerns Islamic militants infamous for hostage taking are roaming wider. A travel advisory from the US embassy in Manila on Thursday warned Americans to avoid the southern regions of Cebu island, one of the nation’s most popular tourist sites because of its idyllic beaches, spectacular diving and whale […]
(Eagle News) – “It was pure insanity.” That was how the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process condemned the recent violent dispersal done by members of the Manila Police District on rallyists in front of the United States Embassy on Wednesday, October 19. In a statement issued by the OPAPP on Friday, October 21, it said it was “shocked and appalled with the violent manner the protesters were dispersed at the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police-National Capital Region has directed the immediate administrative relief of Senior Supt. Marcelino Pedrozo, and eight other policemen for their roles in the violent dispersal of rallyists in front of the United States embassy on Wednesday, October 19. NCRPO director Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde also said that one of those relieved was the driver of the police van that rammed and ran over protesters, causing injuries to dozens […]
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA) — U.S. Embassy in the Philippines’ United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the government of the Philippines, through its Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), launched yesterday a partnership in support of The Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans). The program will enhance the sustainability of Asia-Pacific fisheries, protect the region’s rich marine biodiversity, and mitigate the serious impacts […]
MANILA, May 5 — The Embassy of the United States in Manila and its affiliated offices will be closed to the public on Monday, May 9, in observance of Philippine National Elections. The Embassy and its affiliated offices will resume their services on Tuesday, May 10. (US Embassy)
MANILA, April 20 — In celebration of Earth Day, the U.S. Embassy Manila will conduct a bamboo sapling planting activity at Hinulugang Taktak, Antipolo on April 22, 2016 (Friday), 7:00 am – 9:00 am. The event is in partnership with the Local Government Unit of Antipolo, Rizal and SM Cares. English Access Microscholarship Program scholars, Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative members, and U.S. Embassy’s Green Team will plant one thousand (1,000) bamboo saplings. Hinulugang Taktak […]
